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DOROTHEA PUENTEPresented by Susan Huynh and Kimberly Yew, Period
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WHAT WAS HER CHILD
Dorothea was born as Dorothea Helen Gray on January 9, 1929 in
Redlands, C
Parents:
Her father was a cotton picker.
Both parents physically and psychologically abused Dorothea,
often times leavingscavenge for food.
Dorotheas father died from tuberculosis when she was four, and
her mother diedaccident when Dorothea was six.
Dorothea was sent to an orphanage.
She would lie to people about her upbringing to create the
illusion of a norma
She was bullied in school by her classmates.
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WERE THERE ANY PRECURSOCHILDHOOD BEHAVIOR R
PROB There were no precursors; however, Dorotheas decisions to
be a teenage prost
steal checks showed that she wanted an easy way to earn
money.
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WHAT WAS HER ADULT LIFE LIKTHEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL/CO
DID SHE MARRY? HAVE CHIL
WAS SHE A L
Dorothea loved wearing expensive clothes and constantly lied
about her background to make herself
She lived with a friend when she was 16, living as a
prostitute.
She had a total of four marriages.
In her first marriage, she had two daughters; one was raised by
her husbands mother and the other waadoption
While she was married, she would sleep with other men for money,
which would later be spent on clo
Arrests: 1948, for stealing checks 1960, for living in and
managing a brothel 1978, for 34 counts of forgery
Dorothea didnt finish high school and never went to college.
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WAS SHE EVER DIAGNOSED MENTAL DISORDER? DID SH
RECEIVE TREAT Yes, a psychiatrist diagnosed Dorothea as a
schizophrenic and claimed that she
disturbed woman. She never received treatment.
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WHAT WAS THE NATURE OCR
Dorotheas murders were carried out in an upstairs apartment that
she rented inSacramento. It would pose as a care home.
She would collect her tenants personal information, forge their
signatures, andsocial security checks.
She would also take the majority of the money that was sent to
her tenants befrest to them.
Those who complained about the small amount of money they
received were kburied in her yard.
She killed her victims by overdosing them with codeine, Tylenol,
and Dalman
After the tenants were dead, Dorothea continued to cash their
checks. The monon clothing, champagne, perfume, and a face
lift.
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WHAT WAS THE TIME SPAHER CR
6 years
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HOW MANY VIC
3-9+
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WHAT WAS HER BEHAVIOWHEN SHE WAS CA
Dorothea denied all of the accusations, maintaining her
innocence.
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WAS SHE CAPABWITHSTANDING T
Yes, she was. She was pronounced not guilty in her first
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DID SHE ADMIT TO THE KILLIF SO, W
Dorothea never admitted to the killings.
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WHAT WAS SHE CHARGEDAND SENTENC
Dorothea was charged with nine counts of murder and prison
without the possibility of parole.
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IS SHE STILL ALIVE? OR DID SDIFFERENTLY THAN HER SEN
No, Dorothea is not alive. She died while she was serving
hersentence in prison at the age of 82 from colon and liver
cance
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EXTRA INFORM
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BIBLIOGR
www.trutv.com
www.murderpedia.org
www.prezi.com
www.maamodt.asp.Radford.edu
www.wikipedia.com
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